Pileated woodpecker / Helmspecht (Dryocopus pileatus)

Pileated woodpecker. 2023-10-13 16.06.56 New England
Classification: Genus Dryocopus; Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
General: The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast. It is the second largest woodpecker species in the U.S., behind the critically endangered or possibly extinct ivory-billed woodpecker.^[2] [more]

Call: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording

♫ Source: BirdNet 20220505_081633 birdnet - Pileated Woodpecker - 2022-05-05 08:16:33 - Pileated Woodpecker - Cockeysville.mp3 2022-05-05 08.16.33 Cockeysville (song?)

First documented observation : 2022-05-05 in Cockeysville.